Cannes International Film Festival 2009 Winners

Congratulations to our very own Brillante Mendoza for bagging the Best Director award at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival.

Complete list of winners:

Palme d’Or (Golden Palm): “The White Ribbon,” by Michael Haneke (Austria)

Grand Prix (runner up): “A Prophet,” by Jacques Audiard (France)

Jury Prize: “Fish Tank,” by Andrea Arnold (Britain) and “Thirst,” By Park Chan-wook (South Korea)

Special Career Prize: Alain Resnais, director of “Wild Grass”

Best Director: Brillante Mendoza, “Kinatay” (The Philippines)

Best Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds” (United States)

Best Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg, “Antichrist” (Denmark)

Best Screenplay: Feng Mei, “Spring Fever” (China)

Camera d’Or (for debut film): “Samson and Delilah,” by Warwick Thornton (Australia)

Best short film: “Arena,” by Joao Salaviza (Portugal)

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"Bandslam" Poster and Trailer

The upcoming romantic-comedy film "Bandslam" stars HSM female lead Vanessa Hudgens, Gaelan Connell, Alyson Michalka, Scott Porter and former FRIENDS star Lisa Kudrow.

The film centers on the life of very different teenagers, but all with the same love for music.

Written and directed by Todd Graff, who is best known for his 2003 independent film, "Camp," "Bandslam" hits theaters August 14, 2009.

Watch the trailer below.

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"Paranoid" is the first single off of The Jonas Brothers' fourth studio album called "Lines, Vines and Trying Times." The song was released on iTunes May 12, 2009. The video, on the other hand, premiered May 23, 2009. It was directed by the Malloys, who also directed the Jonas Brothers' "Burnin' Up" music video.

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This is the fifth single off of Beyonce's latest album, "I Am... Sasha Fierce."

Parody, anyone?

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Kris Allen Wins "Idol"

Kris Allen won over Adam Lambert in the just concluded season of American Idol.

The top 3 contestant, Danny Gokey, and Lambert had consistently been the highest vote-getters since the first week. Allen, on the other hand, had been an underdog and mostly got votes for his good looks. He proved, though, in the last few weeks that he has his niche in the music industry and he can touch the hearts of people with his singing. He was able to land in the final two when Gokey fans wasn't able give enough votes for their idol. For the past week, the question of whom Gokey fans will give their votes to had been the question. Would they vote for the rocker rumored as gay? Or will they vote for the guy-next-door?

It's quite obvious that Gokey's fans loved his clean-cut image and they rather voted for someone with as clean-cut an image as their idol. I'm not saying that my bet, Adam Lambert, isn't clean. But the ongoing rumors about his sexuality (which he neither confirmed nor deny) surely hindered his chances of winning.

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"New Moon" Poster

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Robert Downey Jr. plays the detective Sherlock in Guy Ritchie's upcoming "Sherlock Holmes." Jude Law plays the part of Sherlock's sidekick, Dr. Watson.

There had been reports that Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes is gay, but the movie's trailer doesn't have any indication of that. Well aside from the scene where Sherlock and Watson are arguing about playing violin at 3 in the morning.

Watch it in the trailer below.

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